OFFICE OF
THE STATE’S ATTORNEY
FOR
208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL,
JR. COURTHOUSE
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
State’s Attorney
For Information Contact: Margaret T. Burns
Office
(443) 984-1121 or Cell Phone (443) 474-7479
Or
Joseph Sviatko, Public Information
Officer
Office (443) 984-1122 or Cell (410)
790-3248
Baltimore, MD – May 8, 2008 – At a hearing today Yimoe
Siddha, 41, of the 500 block of East Madison Street, pled guilty to possession of a handgun after being convicted of a
disqualifying crime and wear/carry/transport a handgun. Judge Gale E. Rasin sentenced him to five-years
in prison without the possibility of parole.
A Federal Letter of Intent to
Prosecute or “FLIP letter” was utilized by the State today. FLIP letters are written by federal
prosecutors to notify defendants with pending State charges that the evidence
in their case has been reviewed by the United States Attorneys Office and that
federal charges will be filed if their cases are not resolved in State court.
On
December 26, 2007 at 11:05AM in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue, officers
approached a group of individuals who began to disperse upon observing their
presence. Officers observed Siddha
holding his side, acting in a manner consistent with that of an armed
person. Officers patted him down and
recovered from his dip area a P90 Ruger .45 handgun loaded with live rounds and
ready to fire.
Siddha’s record included a 1993 conviction for robbery
deadly weapon (handgun) and a 1988 conviction for robbery.
Assistant State’s Attorney Andrew
Kowalczyk of the Firearms Investigation Violence Enforcement (F.I.V.E.)
Division prosecuted this case.
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